Chapter 5 — After three years of pretending to be mute and deaf to save my life, I married the talkative Crown Prince

The general glanced at it, but did not accept it.

"Princess, your highness has an order, from today on you are not allowed to leave the palace."

Immediately afterwards, eight more guards appeared outside the door. I'm under house arrest. The next day, the Queen arrived. He sent everyone away and then walked in front of me.

"Where's the brooch?"

I took off the old silver hairpin from my hair. The Queen turned and opened the brooch. Inside fell an extremely thin roll of paper. After opening it, I immediately stopped breathing. This is the table of contents of the books left by my father. Three hundred thousand taels of silver for Ha Dong relief, after being transferred to seventeen brands to clean the source, finally flowed into Ha Hoa Trang in the name of Thuy Vuong. The last line of the table of contents is my father's handwriting.

"The complete books are hidden under a shallow well in the old house."

The Queen looked at me.

"Before this incident happened, your father once went to the palace to meet this palace."

"He suspected Thuy Vuong of colluding with courtiers, but did not dare to directly hand over the evidence to His Majesty."

Two hoarse words suddenly burst out of my throat. I was also surprised. After three years of not speaking, my voice has become hoarse and rough. But the Queen was not surprised at all.

"Because your Majesty has someone from Thuy King next to you."

I hold your sleeve tightly.

"You already know that I'm not dumb?"

"So why don't you expose me?"

"Expose me so that Tu Kinh Chi will kill me?"

My fingertips loosen slightly. The Queen placed the silver brooch back in my palm.

"This palace married you to Thua Sach because Dong Cung is the only place in the entire imperial city that can protect you."

I remember the knife mark on the Crown Prince's shoulder, the burn mark on my palm, and his back when he left last night. The bridge of my nose suddenly stings. The Queen said again:

"Thua Sach scolded nine ministers to the point of resigning, which is not a loss of control."

I immediately raised my head.

"Those nine people have been rooted in the court for many years, protecting each other. If the investigation followed normal procedures, they would immediately destroy the evidence."

"Thua Sach intentionally forced them to resign."

"Only when they left the court and gathered in one place did they reveal the true mastermind."

The corner of my mouth twitched slightly. It turns out that the Crown Prince is not simply talkative. But his talkative habit... also has a plan. As soon as the Queen left, footsteps were heard outside the door. The prince pushed the door open and entered. His face was gloomy and he threw an envelope down in front of me. The handwriting on the letter is mine.

"The Crown Prince has completely trusted me. When it comes to the grand ceremony to pay homage to the ancestors, he can open the side door of the East Palace and lead the North camp in."

He looked at me.

"Explain."

I picked up the envelope. The strokes of the pen are almost identical to my own. Even the habit of writing down is imitated without error. Xuan Nha has followed me for two years. Wanting to imitate my handwriting... is not difficult. I raised my head to look at the Crown Prince.

"Not me."

As soon as the three words were uttered, the Crown Prince's whole body immediately stiffened. He stood motionless in place, his pupils widening little by little. I gently cleared my throat, my throat was still dry.

"I said... not me."

The prince took a half step back, his back hitting the corner of the table. The tea cup on the table was knocked down. He instinctively reached out to catch it, but it was too late. The cup broke into pieces. He bowed his head and looked at the pieces Porcelain, then raised his head to look at me. His mouth opened several times, but he couldn't utter a single word. This is the first time I've seen him so quiet. It was so quiet that... even I felt scared. After a long while, he pointed at me, his voice trembling slightly.

"She...can talk?"

"Know a little."

"Know a little?"

His volume immediately shot up.

"Wedding night... have you heard it all?"

I'm silent.

"What about the words you scolded Tu Kinh Chi?"

I nodded.

"And the sentence where you scolded your father's stupidity?"

I continued to nod.

"You also said that the chef's fish dish was difficult to eat?"

"I heard it too."

The prince hugged his chest. He put his hands on the table and slowly sat down. The face that had never changed color when scolding the nine ministers had to resign, was now pale.

"Let you... calm down for a moment."

I understood very well and turned around to go out. He immediately raised his head.

"Stop!"

I stop walking. The crown prince gritted his teeth.

"To Ham Chuong, she lied to you for three months."

I replied softly:

"Your Highness also lied to me."

"What did you trick her into?"

"It's not because you have too many mouths that you scold the nine ministers to resign."

The Crown Prince's face... was once again stiff.